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Turkey onslaught on Kurds, after IS attack, fuels angerhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3716302-turkey-onslaught-kurds-attack-fuels-anger.html
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (AP) — Just when it seemed Turkey was getting serious about the fight against IS, it has turned its military focus to pounding its old foe: the Kurdish rebels.
In Turkey's Kurdish heartland, the government's renewed military onslaught against the rebels has left many people crying treachery — with suspicions rife that Turkey used a brie...Thu, 30 Jul 2015 19:29:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3716302-turkey-onslaught-kurds-attack-fuels-anger.html2015-07-30T19:29:00ZMyanmar's democracy leader runs in Nov. 8 polls to keep seathttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3713322-myanmars-democracy-leader-runs-nov-8-polls-to-seat.html
THANLYIN, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday registered for November elections to keep her seat in parliament and challenge the ruling military-backed party.
Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy will contest almost all the 498 parliamentary seats in the Nov. 8 polls, and expects heavy gains, according to party spoke...Wed, 29 Jul 2015 10:23:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3713322-myanmars-democracy-leader-runs-nov-8-polls-to-seat.html2015-07-29T10:23:00ZUkraine calls local elections but not in rebel-held easthttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3690440-ukraine-calls-local-elections-rebel-held-east.html
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian parliament on Friday voted to call local elections across the country in October, but not in the rebel-occupied east.
The Kiev government has had no control over parts of eastern Ukraine since separatist rebels began fighting government forces in April 2014, a conflict that has since claimed more than 6,400 lives. An arm...Fri, 17 Jul 2015 13:25:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3690440-ukraine-calls-local-elections-rebel-held-east.html2015-07-17T13:25:00ZThe Latest: German lawmakers back Greek bailouthttp://www.mail.com/business/economy/3687692-latest-german-lawmakers-greek-bailout.html
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The latest on Greece's financial crisis (all times local):
12:30 a.m.
Lawmakers from German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc voted overwhelmingly in favor of the Greek bailout agreement ahead of a parliamentary ballot Friday.
At a meeting that lasted 5 hours, 48 l...Thu, 16 Jul 2015 21:50:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/business/economy/3687692-latest-german-lawmakers-greek-bailout.html2015-07-16T21:50:00ZHard-liners largely silent as Iranians cheer nuclear dealhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3686062-hard-liners-silent-iranians-cheer-nuclear-deal.html
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Back in 2013, when Iran's nuclear negotiating team reached an interim deal that paved the way for this week's agreement, hard-line elements within Iran denounced them as traitors. Now, many largely are silent a day after the landmark nuclear accord with world powers — countries led by their foremost foil, the United States.
They offere...Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:59:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3686062-hard-liners-silent-iranians-cheer-nuclear-deal.html2015-07-15T16:59:00ZMyanmar opposition to run in November polls despite doubtshttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3677592-myanmar-opposition-to-november-polls-despite-doubts.html
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — The Myanmar opposition party led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi announced Saturday it will contest the general election on Nov. 8 despite misgivings about transparency, in an effort to challenge the ruling military-backed party.
"We will contest the election to continue implementing the democratic transition that has yet to b...Sat, 11 Jul 2015 12:49:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3677592-myanmar-opposition-to-november-polls-despite-doubts.html2015-07-11T12:49:00ZThe Latest: Some gov't lawmakers abstain in reform votehttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3674808-latest-govt-lawmakers-abstain-reform-vote.html
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The latest from Greece's financial crisis (all times local):
3:47 a.m.
The official vote count for Greece's parliament vote to back reform proposals has been announced, with 251 lawmakers voting in favor, 32 against and 8 voting 'present' — a form of abstention.
The vote in t...Sat, 11 Jul 2015 01:21:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3674808-latest-govt-lawmakers-abstain-reform-vote.html2015-07-11T01:21:00ZGambia passes bill that increases deposit for candidateshttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3670042-gambia-passes-bill-that-increases-deposit-candidates.html
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Gambia's opposition says the recent passing of a bill that imposes high deposit amounts for political candidates makes it difficult for opposition members vying for the office.
Opposition leader Ousainou Darboe said Wednesday that the new law ensures only those who have money can participate in political life in Gambia. The bill was ...Wed, 08 Jul 2015 17:14:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3670042-gambia-passes-bill-that-increases-deposit-candidates.html2015-07-08T17:14:00ZElection seen as crucial step for Myanmar set for Nov. 8http://www.mail.com/news/world/3669190-election-crucial-step-myanmar-set-nov-8.html
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A general election seen as a crucial next step for Myanmar's transition to democracy has been scheduled for Nov. 8.
The military that ruled the Southeast Asian nation since 1964 scheduled Myanmar's last general election in 2010 under rules widely seen as rigging the outcome to favor a military-backed party, which won the lion's shar...Wed, 08 Jul 2015 12:48:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3669190-election-crucial-step-myanmar-set-nov-8.html2015-07-08T12:48:00ZRussia's highest court OKs early parliamentary vote in 2016http://www.mail.com/news/world/3655422-russias-highest-court-oks-early-parliamentary-vote-2016.html
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's highest court has given the green light to holding next year's parliamentary vote several months earlier.
Lawmakers in the Kremlin-controlled parliament in June gave tentative approval to a bill that would move up next year's vote by three months, a tactic that has been decried as an attempt to weaken the opposition.
...Wed, 01 Jul 2015 08:31:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3655422-russias-highest-court-oks-early-parliamentary-vote-2016.html2015-07-01T08:31:00ZPro-European candidate leads in Moldova votehttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3649074-pro-european-candidate-leads-moldova-vote.html
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Near-final results gave a pro-European Union candidate a comfortable lead in the runoff vote for mayor of Moldova's biggest city Sunday, in an election seen as a test of whether the former Soviet republic moves closer to the EU or to neighboring Russia.
With over 99 percent of the votes counted, incumbent Dorin Chirtoaca had 53.44...Sun, 28 Jun 2015 23:06:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3649074-pro-european-candidate-leads-moldova-vote.html2015-06-28T23:06:00ZSri Lankan leader dissolves Parliament, calls August pollshttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3647564-sri-lankan-leader-dissolves-parliament-calls-august-polls.html
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the Parliament loyal to his predecessor and called fresh elections in August in an attempt to consolidate power and carry out his promise of reforms.
Sirisena issued the notice at midnight Friday announcing the election for the 225-member Parliament for Aug. 17. Sirisena won th...Sat, 27 Jun 2015 10:18:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3647564-sri-lankan-leader-dissolves-parliament-calls-august-polls.html2015-06-27T10:18:00ZMyanmar's parliament blocks changes to constitutionhttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3642422-myanmars-parliament-blocks-changes-to-constitution.html
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's parliament voted against several constitutional amendments Thursday, ensuring that the military's veto power remains intact and that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi cannot become president in an election this year.
The legislature ended a 3-day debate on proposed changes to the 2008 constitution, which bars Suu Kyi, a N...Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:35:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3642422-myanmars-parliament-blocks-changes-to-constitution.html2015-06-25T21:35:00ZTaliban suicide bomber, gunmen attack Afghan parliamenthttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3634412-taliban-suicide-bomber-gunmen-attack-afghan-parliament.html
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Taliban suicide bomber struck the entrance to the Afghan parliament on Monday and gunmen tried to storm the heavily guarded compound, setting off a gunbattle with police that left two people dead as lawmakers were meeting inside to vote on the appointment of a new defense minister.
Afghan security forces managed to repel the at...Mon, 22 Jun 2015 18:45:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3634412-taliban-suicide-bomber-gunmen-attack-afghan-parliament.html2015-06-22T18:45:00ZDenmark's center-right opposition wins electionhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3628198-denmarks-center-right-opposition-wins-election.html
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark's center-right opposition won a parliamentary election after strong gains by an anti-immigration party that wants to limit the European Union's influence over the small Nordic country.
With all votes counted, preliminary official results showed the opposition bloc led by Lars Loekke Rasmussen, a former prime minister, wo...Fri, 19 Jun 2015 00:19:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3628198-denmarks-center-right-opposition-wins-election.html2015-06-19T00:19:00ZBurundi opposition to boycott elections, claiming unfairhttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3612254-burundi-opposition-to-boycott-elections-claiming-unfair.html
BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — A group of 17 political parties have agreed to boycott elections in Burundi because they don't believe they will be free and fair, an opposition leader said Thursday.
The opposition groups are also opposed to the current electoral commission because it isn't complete after two of its five members fled, said Frederic Bamvuginyumvi...Thu, 11 Jun 2015 15:52:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3612254-burundi-opposition-to-boycott-elections-claiming-unfair.html2015-06-11T15:52:00ZPolish officials resign over eavesdropping scandalhttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3610518-polish-officials-resign-eavesdropping-scandal.html
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Four Polish government ministers and the parliamentary speaker resigned on Wednesday amid a revived 2014 scandal over secret recordings made of them and other officials.
In an unexpected political shake-up, the ministers of health, sports, the treasury and security, and parliamentary speaker Radek Sikorski, said they were stepping do...Wed, 10 Jun 2015 20:15:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3610518-polish-officials-resign-eavesdropping-scandal.html2015-06-10T20:15:00ZLibya talks endangered as Islamic State group advanceshttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3608148-libya-talks-endangered-islamic-group-advances.html
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — U.N.-brokered negotiations aimed at stemming Libya's collapse into a failed state threatened to fall apart after the country's internationally recognized parliament on Tuesday dropped out of the talks in protest over a plan that would mean sharing power with its rivals.
The wrangling over the U.N. draft plan came as militants from t...Tue, 09 Jun 2015 20:01:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3608148-libya-talks-endangered-islamic-group-advances.html2015-06-09T20:01:00ZTurkish ruling party seen losing majority in parliamenthttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3602676-turkish-ruling-party-losing-majority-parliament.html
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — In a stunning rebuke of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ambitions to expand his powers, Turkish voters stripped his party of its simple majority in parliament, preliminary election results showed Sunday.
With 99.9 percent of the vote counted, Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party, the AKP, had the support of around 41 perce...Sun, 07 Jun 2015 21:41:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3602676-turkish-ruling-party-losing-majority-parliament.html2015-06-07T21:41:00ZTurkish official says TNT used in Kurdish rally blastshttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3600856-turkish-official-tnt-used-kurdish-rally-blasts.html
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish police have determined that at least one of the lethal explosions at a Kurdish party rally this week was from TNT, and that both explosions involved "cellphone mechanisms," a government minister said Saturday. Two people were killed.
The blasts came at a tense time as Turkey holds parliamentary elections on Sunday in which th...Sat, 06 Jun 2015 21:04:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3600856-turkish-official-tnt-used-kurdish-rally-blasts.html2015-06-06T21:04:00ZA year in office, el-Sissi tries to rule Egypt as 1-man showhttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3600776-year-office-el-sissi-tries-to-rule-egypt-1-man.html
CAIRO (AP) — The words of the pro-government TV talk show host left no room for debate. President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is synonymous with Egypt, he lectured his audience, and Egyptians are either on his side or are enemies of the nation.
"Whoever has a problem living in this country should grab his passport and leave," said the TV host, Tamer Amin, telli...Sat, 06 Jun 2015 16:44:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3600776-year-office-el-sissi-tries-to-rule-egypt-1-man.html2015-06-06T16:44:00Z2 killed in explosions at Kurdish rally in Turkeyhttp://www.mail.com/business/economy/3599838-2-killed-explosions-kurdish-rally-turkey.html
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Two people died and more than 100 were injured after two explosions rocked a large Kurdish party election rally in southeast Turkey on Friday, the country's Agriculture Minister Mehdi Eker said.
The blasts occurred five minutes apart at the rally of the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party, or HDP, as party leader Selahattin Demirta...Fri, 05 Jun 2015 20:03:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/business/economy/3599838-2-killed-explosions-kurdish-rally-turkey.html2015-06-05T20:03:00ZWhat next for Greece? A look at its options in coming dayshttp://www.mail.com/business/economy/3594548-what-greece-options-coming-days.html
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's bailout talks are going down to the wire.
The country faces debt repayments this month — starting Friday — and it is not clear how much of them it has money left to cover. A default could lead Greece out of the euro, the currency used by 19 of the European Union's 28 members. A country has never left the euro before, so such...Wed, 03 Jun 2015 18:22:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/business/economy/3594548-what-greece-options-coming-days.html2015-06-03T18:22:00ZBurundi: Electoral body considering new election schedulehttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3591172-burundi-electoral-body-considering-election-schedule.html
BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — Burundi's electoral commission is considering alternative dates for national elections amid growing calls for the polls to be postponed because of political unrest, an official said Tuesday as anti-government protests returned to parts of the capital.
A new electoral schedule is likely to be sent to President Pierre Nkurunziza be...Tue, 02 Jun 2015 17:47:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3591172-burundi-electoral-body-considering-election-schedule.html2015-06-02T17:47:00ZTurkey's Erdogan to sue opposition over golden toilet claimhttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3590904-turkeys-erdogan-to-sue-opposition-golden-toilet-claim.html
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's president is suing the country's opposition leader for slander for allegedly claiming before a national election that bathrooms in his 1,150-room palace had gold-plated seats, his lawyer said Tuesday.
Lawyer Muammer Cemaloglu told the state-run Anadolu Agency on Tuesday that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was seeking 100,000...Tue, 02 Jun 2015 12:02:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3590904-turkeys-erdogan-to-sue-opposition-golden-toilet-claim.html2015-06-02T12:02:00ZEast African leaders call for Burundi to delay electionshttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3587712-east-african-leaders-call-burundi-to-delay-elections.html
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Burundi's government should postpone parliamentary and presidential elections for a six weeks because of unrest triggered by President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term in office, an emergency meeting for the heads of state from the regional East African Community urged Sunday.
Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, has been rocked by ...Sun, 31 May 2015 18:03:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3587712-east-african-leaders-call-burundi-to-delay-elections.html2015-05-31T18:03:00ZEthiopia: Partial results show ruling coalition in huge winhttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3578886-ethiopia-partial-ruling-coalition-huge-win.html
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia's ruling coalition won a sweeping victory in parliamentary elections, according to partial results released Wednesday. Western countries said the vote was peaceful but criticized what they described as restrictions on civil liberties.
Early results from the vote Sunday showed the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democ...Wed, 27 May 2015 15:48:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3578886-ethiopia-partial-ruling-coalition-huge-win.html2015-05-27T15:48:00ZUK's Cameron outlines EU vote plan in Queen's Speechhttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3578216-uks-cameron-outlines-eu-vote-plan-queens-speech.html
LONDON (AP) — Pomp met politics as Queen Elizabeth II donned a diamond-studded crown Wednesday to read out laws planned by Britain's new government, including more autonomy for Scotland and a referendum on whether to remain in the European Union.
It was the 62nd time the 89-year-old monarch has delivered the annual Queen's Speech, but this year's proposal...Wed, 27 May 2015 15:06:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3578216-uks-cameron-outlines-eu-vote-plan-queens-speech.html2015-05-27T15:06:00ZBurundi: 2 killed in protests against president's 3rd termhttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3564930-burundi-2-killed-protests-presidents-3rd-term.html
BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — Two protesters in Burundi were shot dead Thursday, said the Red Cross, as pitched battles in the capital escalated between police and demonstrators opposed to President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term.
Meanwhile, the United Nations said dialogue among the government, opposition parties and religious organizations resumed...Thu, 21 May 2015 18:15:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3564930-burundi-2-killed-protests-presidents-3rd-term.html2015-05-21T18:15:00ZSpanish political renegade poses threat to dominant partieshttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3564564-spanish-political-renegade-poses-threat-to-dominant-parties.html
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Nearly a decade ago, Albert Rivera caused a stir in Spanish local politics by posing nude in campaign posters. These days, he sports Hugo Boss suits but his campaign on the national stage is no less eye-catching: His upstart Ciudadanos Party is cutting into support for the ruling conservatives, threatening to bust open Spain's traditional two-party sy...Thu, 21 May 2015 09:41:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3564564-spanish-political-renegade-poses-threat-to-dominant-parties.html2015-05-21T09:41:00Z